Amanda Sandys > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Forsters LLP Offices
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Amanda Sandys
Work Department
Family
Position
Counsel
Career
Amanda is Counsel and a collaborative lawyer in the Family team. She specialises in resolving disputes arising from divorce and separation. Her cases often involve significant assets and have an international or trust element.
She has wide experience in every aspect of family law, with a particular focus on private children cases such as those involving international relocation, residence and contact issues, and child abduction. She advises a number of high profile individuals, including politicians and those from the entertainment industry, as well as city and business professionals.
Amanda combines an eye for detail with a client-centred, creative and diplomatic approach. She frequently works with colleagues from other teams to provide a rounded service.
She trained at Mishcon de Reya and worked at Payne Hicks Beach and Camilla Baldwin before joining Forsters in 2014.
Amanda is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ in The Legal 500 2023 edition. She is recognised as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the Spear’s 500 2022 directory.
Memberships
The Law Society
Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Rising stars)Forsters LLP ‘has a stellar reputation as a top-flight firm catering for high-net-worth clients’. It is ably led by Joanne Edwards, who is praised as ‘one of the standout family lawyers of her generation’. The practice excels in high-value and international nuptial agreements, complex cross-border child arrangements, and financial cases. Another core area of expertise lies in court-based litigation for high-profile and high-net-worth clients. Rosie Schumm boasts a busy caseload of complex litigation for families with significant wealth, and Simon Blain has a particular strength in financial cases, which often involve trusts, family businesses, and assets in more than one jurisdiction. Counsel Amanda Sandys is also well regarded, and Dickon Ceadel was recently promoted to the partnership.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development